What gives the Ukulele Club of Santa Cruz its magic? Under the Boardwalk explores how an eclectic community of amateur musicians comes together to find meaning in life’s little pleasures. Continue reading
Nina Koocher
Editor, Videographer, FilmmakerVOTE in the NorCal International Film Festival
Under the Boardwalk has been accepted to the 2011 NorCal International Film Festival. The festival will be screening/airing this year on KAZV TV, a local TV station in California’s Central Valley, with a possible audience of over 1.5 million people…. Read More »
Happy Smiles all around at Premiere
There was a very happy crowd of ukers and novitiates at the May 24 Premiere of Under the Boardwalk. The film screened to a sold-out crowd of 550 and was enthusiastically received by all. Comments ranged from “a joyous evening”… Read More »
By request…the Sons of the Beach
After the screening, I was asked if I could post some footage from S.O.B. Unfortunately the day we were there to shoot many of the band members were far flung. Some were in the Virgin Islands, some in Mexico, and… Read More »
Holiday greetings from holiday party past
With the uke club’s annual holiday party and dinner upon us, I thought you might enjoy seeing a clip from an earlier party. This was 2005 and the club celebrated Hank Williams nite in conjunction with the holidays. Lynn and… Read More »
What do Tony Graziano, Rick Turner and Mike DaSilva have in common?
luthier |ˈloōtēər| noun a maker of stringed instruments such as violins or guitars. [and most definitely ukuleles.] ORIGIN late 19th cent.: from French, from luth ‘lute.’ This week, I’ve been re-editing a segment for the film on local luthiers. Below… Read More »
Who can Hula?
Lynn and I have met twice in recent days to review the edit and confer on final revisions. As we work to implement those changes, I want to continue to share with you (unedited) moments from meetings past. In a… Read More »
The spirit of Open Mike nights past
Last week was open mike night at the club. Open mike night is at the heart of the Ukulele club. One can participate in one or three categories: as a Rookie, ‘been there-done that’, or Pro. All get up in… Read More »
Do you know Jayme Kelly Curtis?
When we visited Jayme at her home in the Santa Cruz mountains, this is one of the songs she sang for us, answering an age old question, what happened to that cow? After one of my recent blogs, Jayme Kelly… Read More »
WHERE IN THE WORLD IS DONNA THOMAS?
The beautiful, whimsical painting of uke players you see adorning the literature about Under the Boardwalk, A Ukulele Love Story is the work of Donna Thomas. It was Donna and Peter (seen in the previous blog on the harmonica) Thomas… Read More »